ושמחת בכל הטוב
And you shall be glad in all the good.
The conclusion of the dialogue between he who brings Bikurim and the Kohen to whom he delivers it ends with the promise that carrying out the ceremony in its entirety will bring blessing and prosperity.
What is this term בכל הטוב?
The Degel Machaneh Efraim brings from the Zohar HaKadosh that the word כל is a reference to the soul's internal capacity for Emunah. רזא דמהינותא - the Secret of Faith. Let us explain the connection.
It doesn't take much to understand that one who completely and totally hands himself over to Hashem never feels a deficit. Hashem always gives me exactly what I need. ה' רועי לא אחסר, G-d is my Shepard I shall not lack. Insomuch as I feel like HaKadosh Baruch Hu is directing my every step I never feel wronged or slighted. Obviously this is easier said than done, but such a Midah is attained in levels, and even if we don't feel this way %100 of the time, every success is very precious.
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| The Kever of R' Moshe Chaim Efraim of Sadlikov, zy"a; the grand- son of the Baal Shem Tov |
This is why the Pasuk says that ה' ברך את אברהם בכל, Hashem blessed Avraham with everything. Welll, what does that mean? Avraham owns the whole world?! Rather, as we now understand,Hashem filled his heart with the precious gift of Emunah, and now Avraham feels no lack at all.
Avraham passed this on to Yitzchak, as the Pasuk says ויתן את כל אשר לו ליצחל, he gave everything he had to Yitzchak. Alternatively the Pasuk could be understood that he imparted his sense of כל unto Yitzchak. He bequeathed to him a pure Emunah.
We see that Yaakov had this as well when he says to Eisav, יש לי כל - I Have everything. Like before, it doesn't mean that he owns the world, rather he was saying that my sense of wholeness is so secure that no matter what you take from me or do to me I remain as Shalem as before.
This is the promise of Biלurim. As all the Sefarim HaKedoshim explain, giving over the first fruits to the realm of the Beis HaMikdash reconnects my whole field and all my produce back to Hashem. By giving the first expression of my labors back to Hashem I show that in reality everything belongs to and comes from Him alone. One who makes such an investment reaps the dividends of Emunah, the most worthwhile profit. Because now he will never feel lack, no matter what he has. For this reason Parshas Bikurim concludes with the promise of ושמחת בכל הטוב, you will be glad in the goodness of כל. And what is כל? It is the depths of faith: רזא דמהינותא.
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